Karen Hao has covered the tech industry for over 8 years and interviewed over 250 people, including former or current OpenAI employees and executives.

Karen Hao believes AI companies are driven by an imperial agenda, which is why she calls them 'empires of AI'.

Karen Hao's book argues that OpenAI's mission to ensure AGI benefits humanity, while possibly idealistic initially, has become a formula for consolidating resources and constructing an empire.

Karen Hao states that much of what is happening today in the AI industry is extremely inhumane.

Karen Hao landed a role at MIT Technology Review covering AI full-time in 2018.

Karen Hao studied mechanical engineering at MIT and joined a tech startup in San Francisco after graduating.